Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Nigeria
Nigeria: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate was 143.3 g/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Nigeria is 143.3 g/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Nigeria peaked at 145.2 g/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 132.6 g/cap/d, in 2013.
Nigeria ranks 8th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 134.6 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 137.4 g/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 134.7 g/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 132.6 g/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 141.9 g/cap/d | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 143.7 g/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 145.2 g/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 139.4 g/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 137.7 g/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 142.6 g/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 141.9 g/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 141.2 g/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 142.7 g/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 143.3 g/cap/d | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 138.98 g/cap/d | 132.6 g/cap/d | 145.2 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 142.28 g/cap/d | 141.2 g/cap/d | 143.3 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 50.2 g/cap/d compare
- 5 Guinea 152.3 g/cap/d compare
- 6 Mozambique 148.7 g/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25.7 g/cap/d compare
- 7 Cameroon 146.9 g/cap/d compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 24.6 g/cap/d compare
- 8 Türkiye 19.1 g/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16.6 g/cap/d compare
- 9 Uganda 140.3 g/cap/d compare
- 10 Solomon Islands 138.8 g/cap/d compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 16 g/cap/d compare
- 11 Gabon 133.8 g/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 10.6 g/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Nigeria?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Nigeria was 143.3 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 145.2 g/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 132.6 g/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Nigeria rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.